Sindhi

Sindhi

See also: sindhi

English

Alternative forms

Sindhee, Sinde

Etymology

Borrowed from Sindhi سِنْڌِي (sindhī). By surface analysis, Sindh +‎ -i. Distant doublet of Hindi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɪndi/
Audio (US): (file)
- (India, Pakistani English) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪnd̪ʱi/
Rhymes: -ɪndi
Homophones: Cindy, Sindy

Adjective

Sindhi (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to Sindh, the Sindhi language or the Sindhi people.

Translations

pertaining to Sindh

Arabic: سِنْدِيّ (sindiyy), سِنْدِيَّة (ar) (sindiyya)
French: sindhi (fr) m
Hindi: सिन्धी (hi) (sindhī), सिंधी (hi) (sindhī)
Persian: سندی (fa) (sendi)
Portuguese: sindi (pt)
Punjabi: ਸਿੰਧੀ (pa) (sindhī)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: синдски m

Latin: sindski m
Sindhi: سنڌي (sd) (sindhī)
Tamil: சிந்து (ta) (cintu)
Urdu: سندھی (ur) (sindhī)

Noun

Sindhi (plural Sindhis)

A Sindhi-speaking person from or residing in Sindh.

Proper noun

Sindhi

An Indo-Aryan language spoken in four main dialects in Pakistan and India.

Translations

language

Arabic: اَلسِّنْدِيَّة f (as-sindiyya)
Armenian: սինդհի (hy) (sindhi)
Catalan: sindhi m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 信德語 / 信德语 (zh) (Xìndéyǔ)
Finnish: sindhi (fi)
French: sindhi (fr) m
German: Sindhi (de) n
Hindi: सिन्धी (hi) f (sindhī), सिंधी (hi) f (sindhī)
Japanese: シンド語 (ja) (Shindo-go)
Korean: 신디어 (Sindi-eo)
Persian: سندی (fa)
Portuguese: sindi (pt) m
Punjabi: ਸਿੰਧੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ (sindhī bhāśā)
Western Punjabi: سندھی بولی (sndhī bolī)
Russian: си́ндхи (ru) m (síndxi)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: синди m

Latin: sindi m
Sindhi: سنڌي (sd) (sindhī)
Spanish: sindí pl or m or f or n
Tamil: சிந்தி (ta) (cinti), சிந்து (ta) (cintu)
Urdu: سندھی (ur) f (sindhī)

See also

Wiktionary’s coverage of Sindhi terms

Further reading

ISO 639-1 code sd, ISO 639-3 code snd (SIL)
Ethnologue entry for Sindhi, snd ⁠

Anagrams

Indish, dishin'

German

Pronunciation

Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)

Proper noun

Sindhi n (proper noun, strong, genitive Sindhi or Sindhis)

Sindhi (a language spoken in parts of India and Pakistan)

See also

Sinti